USSR Championships (tennis)

Soviet Championships U.S.S.R. Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	post factum : ILTF World Circuit (1924–70) ILTF Independent Tour (1971–91)
Founded	1924;101 years ago (1924)
Abolished	1991;34 years ago (1991)
Location	Various
Venue	Various
Surface	Clay Hard

The U.S.S.R. Championships also known as the U.S.S.R. National Championships, ^[1] or Soviet Championships was a men's and women's closed outdoor clay court, then later hard court tennis tournament founded in 1924 as the Soviet Union Championships. ^[2] It was organised by the Tennis Federation of the USSR until 1991 when it was discontinued. ^[2]

History

In 1907 the All-Russia Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs was founded, and its first chairman was Arthur Davidovich Macpherson (1870–1919) a Russian Sports organiser of Scottish Ancestry. ^[3] In 1908 the association numbered 48 member clubs. ^[4] The first Russian Lawn Tennis Championships (also called the Russian Championships) were held in 1907 and was played on clay courts, women's events were not staged until 1909 and the event was closed to Russian players until 1910. ^[2] In 1913 the International Lawn Tennis Federation was founded and the then Russia was among the seventeen nations invited. In 1914 the Russian Championships were discontinued, due to World War I and the political upheaval in the country leading to the Russian Revolution in 1917 that led to the creation of a new state the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, that became part of the Soviet Union in 1922.

In 1922 the All-Soviet Union Tennis Section formed, ^[5] however it would not joint the ILTF until 1956. ^[6] In 1924 first Soviet Union Championships. ^[4] The tournament was not held during World War II from 1941 to 1943 resuming in 1944. ^[4] In 1959 the All-Soviet Union Tennis Section changed its name to the Tennis Federation of the USSR, ^[2] and continued to organise the championships until 1991 when the Soviet Union ceased to being a country, and became the Russian Federation. ^[2] Two years later the Tennis Federation of the USSR altered its name to the Russian Tennis Federation. ^[2]

Locations

The Soviet Championships were played mainly in Moscow the most times with 21 editions held there, but also staged in Adler, Almaty, Donetsk, Kaliningrad, Kharkiv, Leningrad, Riga-Jurmala, Rostov-on-Don, Tashkent, Tallinn, Tbilisi, Uzghorod and Yerevan. ^[2]

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1924 [6]	Georgy Alexandrovich Stoliarov	Yevgeny Arkadyevich Kudryavtsev  [ ru ]	3–6, 9–11, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5. [2]
1925	Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev	Nikolai Nikolaievich Ivanov  [ ru ]	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1. [2]
1926	Not held
1927	Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (2)	Yevgeny Stepanovich Ovanesov	6–1, 6–0, 6–4. [2]
1928	Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (3)	Vsevolod Alekseevich Verbitsky  [ ru ]	6–4, 6–3, 0–6, 6–4. [2]
1929/1931	Not held
1932	Eduard Eduardovich Negrebetsky  [ ru ]	Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev	3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 6–2. [2]
1933	Not held
1934	Yevgeny A. Kudryavtsev (4)	Viacheslav Konstantinovich Multino  [ ru ]/Multenko	8–6, 6–2, 6–4. [2]
1935	Boris Ilyich Novikov  [ ru ]	Eduard E. Negrebetsky	6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2. [2]
1936	Boris I. Novikov (2)	Yevgeny A. Kudryavstev	6–2, 6–3, 6–1. [2]
1937	Boris I. Novikov (3)	Eduard E. Negrebetsky	6–1, 6–3, 0–6, 4–6, 6–0. [2]
1938	Boris I. Novikov (4)	Eduard E. Negrebetsky	6–3, 8–6, 6–1. [2]
1939	Boris I. Novikov (5)	Eduard E. Negrebetsky	6–8, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. [2]
1940	Yuzef Gebda  [ ru ]	Boris I. Novikov	6–2, 6–2, 6–1. [2]
1941/1943	Not held (due to World War II)
1944 [7]	Nikolai Nikolaievich Ozerov	Zdenek Albertovich Zigmund  [ ru ]	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4. [2]
1945 [7]	Nikolai N. Ozerov (2)	Semyon Pavlovich Belits-Geiman  [ ru ]	6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. [2]
1946 [7]	Nikolai N. Ozerov (3)	Semyon P. Belits-Geiman	6–4, 6–2, 6–4. [2]
1947	Eduard E. Negrebetsky (2)	Nikolai N. Ozerov	7–5, 6–4, 6–4. [2]
1948	Boris I. Novikov (6)	Zdenek A. Zigmund	4–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1. [2]
1949	Eduard E. Negrebetsky (3)	Nikolai N. Ozerov (4)	4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3. [2]
1950	Eduard E. Negrebetsky (4)	Nikolai N. Ozerov	6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 9–7, 6–0. [2]
1951 [7]	Nikolai N. Ozerov (4)	Sergei Sergeevich Andreev	6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3. [2]
1952	Sergei S. Andreev	Yevgeny Vladimirovich Korbut  [ ru ]	6–3, 9–7, 6–3. [2]
1953 [7]	Nikolai N. Ozerov (5)	Sergei S. Andreev	6–3, 6–2, 6–3. [2]
1954	Sergei S. Andreev (2)	Iosif Iosifovich Gager [8]	6–1, 6–2, 6–4. [2]
1955 [9]	Sergei S. Andreev (3)	Nikolai N. Ozerov	6–1, 6–2, 6–1. [2]
1956	Sergei S. Andreev (4)	Nikolai N. Ozerov	6–4, 6–2, 6–1. [2]
1957	Sergei S. Andreev (5)	Mikhail Ivanovich Mozer	6–1, 6–0, 6–1. [2]
1958	Sergei S. Andreev (6)	Sergei Alexandrovich Likhachev	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 9–7. [2]
1959	Mikhail I. Mozer	Andrei Nikolaievich Potanin	9–7, 8–6, 6–2. [2]
1960	Mikhail I. Mozer (2)	Sergei A. Likhachev	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3. [2]
1961	Rudolf Sergeevich Sivokhin	Sviatoslav Petrovicih Mirza  [ ru ]	7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6, 6–2. [2]
1962	Andrei N. Potanin	Mikhail I. Mozer	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. [2]
1963	Tomas Karlovich Lejus	Alexander Iraklievich Metreveli	8–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2. [2]
1964	Tomas K. Lejus (2)	Mikhail I. Mozer	6–1, 6–0, 6–0. [2]
1965	Tomas K. Lejus (3)	Alexander I. Metreveli	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 8–6. [2]
1966 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli	Viacheslav Vladimirovich Egorov  [ ru ]	7–9, 12–10, 6–4, 6–0. [2]
1967 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (2)	Viacheslav V. Egorov	6–3, 6–0, 6–4. [2]
1968	Tomas K. Lejus (4)	Alexander I. Metreveli	6–0, 6–2, 6–3. [2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (3)	Vladimir K. Palman	7–5, 9–7, 6–4. [2]
1970 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (4)	Tomas K. Lejus	6–4, 6–4, 6–4. [2]
1971 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (5)	Tomas K. Lejus	6–2, 6–1, 6–3. [2]
1972 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (6)	Teimuraz Iraklievich Kakulia	6–4, 6–4, 6–1. [2]
1973 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (7)	Teimuraz I. Kakulia	6–1, 6–3, 6–3. [2]
1974 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (8)	Teimuraz I. Kakulia	8–6, 6–4, 6–4. [2]
1975 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (9)	Teimuraz I. Kakulia	8–6, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. [2]
1976 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (10)	Teimuraz I. Kakulia	6–3, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2. [2]
1977	Vladimir Viktorovich Korotkov	Boris V. Borisov	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6. [2]
1978 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (11)	Teimuraz I. Kakulia	6–1, 6–1, 1–6, 1–6, 7–5. [2]
1979	Alexander Mikhailovich Zverev	Ramiz Akhmerov	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2. [2]
1980 [10]	Alexander I. Metreveli (12)	Konstantin Pavlovich Pugayev	7–5, 6–4, 7–5. [2]
1981	Alexander M. Zverev (2)	Konstantin P. Pugayev	6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3. [2]
1982	Konstantin P. Pugayev	Alexander M. Zverev	6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4. [2]
1983	Sergey Nikolayevich Leonyuk	Alexander M. Zverev	6–4, 7–5, 1–6, 1–6, 6–4. [2]
1984	Alexander M. Zverev (3)	Sergey N. Leonyuk	6–4, 6–1, 6–4. [2]
1985 [7]	Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov	Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov	6–2, 6–2, 6–4. [2]
1986 [7]	Andrei E. Chesnokov (2)	Alexander Dolgopolov	7–5, 6–0, 6–4. [2]
1987 [7]	Andrei E. Chesnokov (3)	Alexander M. Zverev	6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2. [2]
1988	Andrei E. Chesnokov (4)	Iosif Krochko	6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0. [2]
1989	Andrei E. Chesnokov (5)	Iosif Krochko	6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–2. [2]
1990	Dmitri "Dimitri" Nikolaievich Poliakov	Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy	6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5. [2]
1991	Dmitry Palenov	Andrei Rybalko	6–4, 6–1. [2]

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1924 [6]	Tamira Kazimirovna Sukhodolskaia  [ ru ]	Sofia Vasilievna Maltseva  [ ru ]	6–3, 6–4
1925	Elena Dmitrievna Alexandrova	Tamira K. Sukhodolskaia	6–3, 6–2
1926	Not held
1927 [7]	Nina Sergeevna Teplyakova	Elena D. Alexandrova	8–6, 6–4
1928	Sofia V. Maltseva	Nina S. Teplyakova	6–4, 6–4
1929/1931	Not held
1932	Sofia V. Maltseva (2)	Elena D. Alexandrova	6–2, 6–2
1933	Not held
1934 [7]	Nina S. Teplyakova (2)	Evgenia Shekhter	6–4, 6–0
1935 [7]	Nina S. Teplyakova (3)	Maria Viktorovna Meyer	6–2, 6–3
1936 [7]	Nina S. Teplyakova (4)	Elena D. Alexandrova	6–4, 6–3
1937 [7]	Nina S. Teplyakova (5)	Galina Sergeevna Korovina	6–3, 8–6
1938 [7]	Nina S. Teplyakova (6)	Galina S. Korovina	2–6, 6–0, 9–7
1939 [4]	Nina S. Teplyakova (7) [7]	Galina S. Korovina	6–4, 6–4
1940	Galina S. Korovina	Nadezhda Mitrofanovna Belonenko	7–5, 6–1
1941/1943	Not held (due to World War II)
1944 [4]	Galina S. Korovina (2)	Nadezhda M. Belonenko	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1945	Galina S. Korovina (3)	Nadezhda M. Belonenko	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
1946	Olga Nikolaievna Kalmykova	Nadezhda M. Belonenko	6–3, 6–3
1947	Olga N. Kalmykova (2)	Antonina Ferdinandovna Gorina  [ ru ]	6–0, 6–2
1948	Nadezhda M. Belonenko	Galina S. Korovina	5–7, 6–4, 6–0
1949	Nadezhda M. Belonenko (2)	Tatiana Borisovna Nalimova  [ ru ]	6–3, 8–6
1950	Nadezhda M. Belonenko (3)	Galina S. Korovina	6–2, 1–6, 8–6
1951	Elizaveta Mikhailovna Chuvirina	Nadezhda M. Belonenko	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1952	Elizaveta M. Chuvirina (2)	Tatiana B. Nalimova	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1953	Elizaveta M. Chuvirina (3)	Klavdia Alexeevna Borisova	6–2, 6–3
1954	Elizaveta M. Chuvirina (4)	Antonina Fedorovna Kuzmina	6–1, 6–1
1955 [9]	Larisa Dmitrievna /Gorina→/Preobrazhenskaia  [ ru ] [11]	Valeria Ivanovna Kuzmenko/Titova	7–5, 6–2
1956	Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova	Larisa D. /Gorina→/Preobrazhenskaia [11]	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1957	Margarita Iourievna Emelyanova	Elizaveta M. Chuvirina	7–5, 6–3
1958	Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova (2)	Anna Vladimirovna Dmitrieva	6–4, 6–2
1959	Anna V. Dmitrieva	Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova	6–4, 8–6
1960	Valeria I. Kuzmenko/Titova (3)	Anna V. Dmitrieva	8–6, 6–2
1961	Anna V. Dmitrieva (2)	Valeria I. Kuzmenko-Titova	6–1, 6–0
1962 [12]	Anna V. Dmitrieva (3)	Irina Evnenyevna Ryazanova/Ermolova	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1963	Anna V. Dmitrieva (4)	Irina E. Ryazanova/Ermolova	6–3, 6–3
1964	Anna V. Dmitrieva (5)	Vera Ivanovna Yaremkevich/Troshkina [13]	6–2, 6–1
1965	Tiju Soome/Simson	Galina Petrovna Baksheeva	6–4, 7–5
1966	Galina P. Baksheeva	Rena Abjandadze	6–3 6–2
1967	Galina P. Baksheeva (2)	Anna V. Dmitrieva	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1968	Tiiu /Kivi-/Parmas	Galina P. Baksheeva	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 [14]	Olga Vasilievna Morozova	Rauza Mukhamedzhanovna Islanova	7–5, 6–2
1970	Olga V. Morozova (2)	Zaiga Yansone	6–4, 6–3
1971	Olga V. Morozova (3)	Galina P. Baksheeva	6–2, 6–2
1972	Eugenia Iourievna Birioukova	Tiiu /Kivi-/Parmas	6–3, 6–2
1973	Marina Vasilievna Kroschina	Rauza M. Islanova	6–1, 6–4
1974	Marina V. Kroschina (2)	Yelena Grigoryevna Granaturova	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
1975	Marina V. Kroschina (3)	Evgenia I. Birioukova	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1976	Olga V. Morozova (4)	Galina P. Baksheeva	6–3, 6–3
1977	Natalia Vasilievna Borodina  [ be ]	Evgenia I. Biriukova	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1978	Natalya "Natasha" Yurievna Chmyreva	Yelena G. Granaturova	6–4, 1–6, 8–6
1979	Marina V. Kroschina (4)	Olga V. Morozova	6–2, 6–2
1980	Olga V. Morozova (5)	Ludmila Nikolaievna Makarova	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1981	Marina V. Kroschina	Natalia Vladimirovna Reva	1–6, 6–3, 8–6
1982	Ludmila N. Makarova	N. Avdeeva	7–5, 6–3
1983	Elena Pavlovna Eliseenko	Svetlana Germanovna Cherneva	6–4, 7–5
1984	Viktoria Mikhailovna Milvidskaia	Oksana Nikolaievna Lifanova	6–0, 6–4
1985	Svetlana G. /Cherneva→/Parkhomenko	Yulia Sergeyevna Salnikova	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1986	Natalya "Natasha" Maratovna Zvereva	Leila Georgievna Meskhi	6–2, 6–4
1987	Natalya M. Zvereva (2)	Viktoria M. Milvidskaia	6–1, 6–2
1988	Eugenia Alexandrovna Maniokova	Anna Sviatoslavovna Mirza [15]	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1989	Leila G. Meskhi	Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1990	Eugenia A. Maniokova (2)	Elena Alexeievna Makarova	6–3, 6–2
1991	Svetlana Komleva	Eugenia A. Maniokova	6–3, 6–2

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